wall bracket
- noun
- /wɔl ˈbrækɪt/
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soporte de pared
- I placed my favorite books on the shelf mounted with a decorative wall bracket in the study.
OK, so this is a wall bracket, so you can hang it up on the wall.
- OK, so this is a wall bracket, so you can hang it up on the wall.
Examples
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OK, so this is a wall bracket, so you can hang it up on the wall.
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Above him, on a wall bracket, a closed circuit TV plays a war-surplus porno film.
Fiction book (1993) -
At the top of the ladder, I stepped onto the plank that hung from wall brackets just below the roof.
Fiction book (1995) -
Then the light sprang on: two yellow lamps in wall brackets, neither more than forty watts.
Fiction book (1999) -
The carpenter installed a sturdy wall bracket to support the heavy shelf in the living room.
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After careful measurements, I fixed the wall bracket securely to hold the new TV.
Synonyms
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A support fixed to a wall that holds a shelf or other object
A metal or wooden support fixed to a wall that holds up a shelf
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Morphology
The noun is directly and compositionally built from 'wall' (vertical surface) + 'bracket' (a projecting support), so the meaning 'a support attached to a wall' is transparently derivable from its parts. This is a common compound pattern cross-linguistically and follows ordinary English noun‑noun composition, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand it.
Etymology
Wall bracket comes from the simple image of a bracket fixed to a wall and sticking out to hold a shelf or a TV, so it means 'a support attached to a wall'.